Time travel messes with your mind and your heart. That's what you'll discover in The Hampton Summit, the first book in The Castleton Series, an eight-book romantic/adventure saga. The series takes to the dawn of humanity, into the distant future, and ends up where it began - messing with your mind all the way. The Castleton Series is the story of young teens Mike Castleton and Allie Tymoshenko. They meet and become friends. As they grow older they fall in love, but are star-crossed. They were born seven generations apart. In The Hampton Summit Mike Castleton and his friends Nick and Patrick are recruited by time travelers to prevent a murder that was not supposed to happen. A trio of renegades from the future intends to kill a wheelchair-bound scientist before he can share a discovery that creates a peaceful future. The killers will rearrange the past and dominate the chaotic world they create. The boys travel forward in time to be trained at the Time Institute. There, Mike meets fellow cadet Allie Tymoshenko. Allie realizes that when grown, the boy from the past will become Captain Mike of the band the Sirens and will set off a revolution in music known as Chamber Rock. Allie can never tell him about his future and the mystery surrounding Captain Mike; at the peak of his career he disappears.
If you like books about time travel and science fiction you will love The Hampton Summit by Mike Dunbar. This YA adventure novel is packed with fast paced action and intrigue.
The storyline is well developed and easy to follow. I found it hard to put the book down once I started because the story captivated me. There is just the right amount of twist and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. The author did a great job of blending science fact and science fiction together to add realism to the story.
Mike Dunbar did an excellent job of character development with each of the main characters in the story. The heroes where both believable and real to life, making it easy to follow them and cheer them on.
I really enjoyed The Hampton Summit by Mike Dunbar and I highly recommend it to all readers.
[Please note: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.]